Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

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Bring on fall baking and bring on the Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf! This apple walnut bread brings a touch of homestyle comfort and warmth to your home with this easy to make recipe that will make your kitchen smell like a bakery.  Who’s ready for apples and fall baking season?

You may want to include these 6 Apple Fall Baking Recipes, Apple Cinnamon Bread, Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread and this Chunky Apple Walnut Cake to also get you apple-inspired for sure!

Why I Love This Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

I call this bread Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf because it’s every bit homemade, made with fresh apples from the local market, adorned with rich buttery walnut chunks, infused with some fragrant cinnamon spice and baked to a heavenly golden brown and it is deliciously yummy. *Wahooo!*

With that said, I’m infatuated with making quick breads.  Especially in the fall.  Everyone I know loves to eat them, receive them, bake them and freeze them for later.  They’re great for bake sales, breakfast, snacking and even dessert, right?

Ingredients You’ll Need

Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf Recipe

• applesauce – reduce sugar if not using unsweetened applesauce
• olive oil
• sugar
• eggs
• all-purpose flour
• ground cinnamon
• baking soda
• salt
• walnuts, coarsely chopped, & extra for top of bread
• Granny Smith apples, peeled and chunked, can also use fuji or gala apples

Instructions How to Make Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

1. Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper to remove loaf cake easily when it’s cooled. (Or you can lightly grease and flour)
2. In a large bowl, using mixer, beat wet ingredients of applesauce, oil and sugar for up to a minute, then add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
3. In a separate bowl, sift or whisk together dry ingredients of flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together and add into the wet mixture and mix together well, not overmixing.
4. Add chopped walnuts and apples mix together.
5. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake 60-70 mins – use the toothpick test to make sure it’s cooked. (Cake needs to spring back on middle top, not be spongy or it won’t be done, so it might take an extra 5 mins, depending on oven temp)
6. Remove loaf pan from oven and let cool.
7. Enjoy!! Glaze with a vanilla glaze if you want! See my Apple Fritter Bread for that Glaze!

Storing Bread

• Room Temperature – Store apple bread in an airtight storage container or ziplock bag for up to four days.

Freezing Bread

• Freeze – Place apple bread in an airtight storage container or ziplock bag in the freezer for up to two months.

Quick Bread Tips

• Don’t overmix the batter – this causes the bread to be tough or dense.
• If using sweetened applesauce, reduce the sugar in the recipe down some.
• Make sure you don’t slice the apples into large chunks, so they cook through.
• Make sure you bake the bread through, otherwise the bread will be gooey and raw. You will know the bread is done baking when you touch the top of the bread and doesn’t feel soft or jiggly in the center. Also, you can insert a toothpick in the bread, and it should come out clean, without any gooey batter attached.

How Healthy is This Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf?

• It doesn’t have a ton of sugar in it, ok!!  It has 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of flour, 1/3 cup of olive oil, & 2 eggs as the base, so it’s pretty healthy overall. No butter-because we’re loving the olive oil!
• Variations:  You could change the flour up for gluten free or whole wheat, or change up the olive oil for the coconut oil or canola oil or change up the 2 eggs for mashed bananas. You could also switch out the sugar for a sugar-free option like Lakanto or something similar. Of course, the textures may vary some, but you can always look up substitutes here if you want to find other substitutes for your liking for this recipe and others.

More Variations

• We used walnuts for some crunchy texture, but you can also sub with pecans or any nuts you prefer!  You can also leave nuts out as well.
• Add some shredded coconut for a delicious twist on the apple bread!  Give it a tropical vibe!
• Love chocolate in your quick breads?  Add a handful or two of some chocolate chips or chocolate chunks!
• Sprinkle with some powdered sugar or a yummy vanilla glaze!

This quick and easy walnut apple bread recipe is sure to become your family’s go-to comfort food. It’s simple to prepare, and the combination of the sweet apples, crunchy walnuts, and fragrant spices offers a unique and satisfying flavor.

In addition to being a delicious treat, it’s also a great way to use up any apples you have left over from the fall harvest. Are you excited about Fall Baking??  Are you on the Apple or Cinnamon or Pumpkin Team?

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Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf

Kim Lange

I call this bread Farmhouse Apple Walnut Loaf because it's every bit home-made, made with fresh apples from the local market, adorned with rich buttery walnut chunks, infused with some fragrant cinnamon spice and baked to a heavenly golden brown and it is deliciously yummy. *Wahooo!

4.17 from 53 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Fall

Servings 8 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup applesauce unsweetened preferred, if using sweetened applesauce reduce the sugar down a bit.
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup walnuts coarsely chopped, & extra for top of bread
• 2 cups Granny Smith apples peeled and chunked

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper to remove loaf cake easily when it’s cooled. (Or you can lightly grease and flour)
• Using mixer, beat applesauce oil and sugar for up to a minute, then add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together and add into the wet mixture and mix together well, not overmixing.
• Add walnuts and apples mix together.
• Pour batter into loaf pan and bake 60-70 mins – use the toothpick test to make sure it’s cooked. (Cake needs to spring back on middle top, not be spongy or it won’t be done, so it might take an extra 5 mins, depending on oven temp)
• Remove loaf pan from oven and let cool.
• Enjoy!! Glaze with a vanilla glaze if you want! See my Apple Fritter Bread for that Glaze!

Keyword apple, baking, BREAD, breakfast, brunch, cookies, brownies, brookies, snack, dessert, Granny Smith apples, layered dessert, quick bread

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